Re: [ogpx] one virtual world, or many?

[Dave CROCKER <[e-mail]>]

Meadhbh Siobhan wrote:
> so. this is an interesting one.
> 
> those of us who called for the OGPX BoF are in agreement that the term
> "virtual world" is informational only. 


This calls for an alternative that hadn't occurred to me.

The charter currently has the string "virtual world" thirteen times.  And it is 
used heavily in discussions on this list.

That level use of use essentially guarantees that the string is not merely 
informative.  It really does have to have specific technical meaning that folks 
agree on.

But since this latest round suggests, once again, that gaining agreement on 
consistent technical use of the string will remain problematic, and since you 
are pointing out that there was an intent to have it NOT BE a technical term...

      My suggest is to remove all occurrences of the term from the charter,
      except for the two in the first sentence of the draft charters Description
      section.

In other words, say that vwrap provides a service in virtual world simulation, 
but then make all other references be in terms of vwrap-specific technical 
constructs.  regions, agents, etc.



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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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